From murals to sculptures

By VCG Published: Jan 03, 2024 11:10 PM

Ji Maojie, a 45-year-old woodcarving artist, creates a sculpture inspired by the murals of the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Lanzhou, Northwest China's Gansu Province on January 3, 2024. Ji has been using a carving knife to tranform the flat images in the Dunhuang murals and transformed them into vivid 3D sculptures. Photo: VCG

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